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....:~\†$@ A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE  @$†\~:....
...:~\†$@¶ BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY  ¶@$†\~:...
..:~\†$@¶#  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  #¶@$†\~:..
.:~\†$@¶##    SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY,    ##¶@$†\~:.
..:~\†$@¶#     ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH     #¶@$†\~:..
...:~\†$@¶  LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED  ¶@$†\~:...
....:~\†$@             GPS COORDINATES.             @$†\~:....
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......:~\†   A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS    †\~:......
.....:~\†$   IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION  $†\~:.....
....:~\†$@       OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES.      @$†\~:....
...:~\†$@¶ GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES  ¶@$†\~:...
..:~\†$@¶#     IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL     #¶@$†\~:..
.:~\†$@¶##   BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE   ##¶@$†\~:.
..:~\†$@¶#    ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE.     #¶@$†\~:..
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....:~\†$@   VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON -    @$†\~:....
.....:~\†$    QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL   $†\~:.....
......:~\†  PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE †\~:......
.......:~\  COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC  \~:.......
......:~\†   IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK   †\~:......
.....:~\†$  WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS  $†\~:.....
....:~\†$@                   LOST.                  @$†\~:....
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..:~\†$@¶# CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS  #¶@$†\~:..
.:~\†$@¶##     COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF     ##¶@$†\~:.
..:~\†$@¶#      CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE      #¶@$†\~:..
...:~\†$@¶    SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT    ¶@$†\~:...
....:~\†$@   SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF   @$†\~:....
.....:~\†$ IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK  $†\~:.....
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